Can you desecrate the holiday to retrieve a shofar at the top of a tree? Can you swim across a river for it? Can you clean a shofar on the holiday and what cleanser can never be used to clean a shofar?
Bonus: A sermon tip to be derived from the latter law.
Text source: <a href='https://www.chabadnp.com/library/article_cdo/aid/3376117'>Laws of Rosh Hashanah, Shulchan Aruch of the Alter Rebbe #586</a>

Can you desecrate the holiday to retrieve a shofar at the top of a tree? Can you swim across a river for it? Can you clean a shofar on the holiday and what cleanser can never be used to clean a shofar? Bonus: A sermon tip to be derived from the latter law. Text source: Laws of Rosh Hashanah, Shulchan Aruch of the Alter Rebbe #586

Can you desecrate the holiday to retrieve a shofar at the top of a tree? Can you swim across a river for it? Can you clean a shofar on the holiday and what cleanser can never be used to clean a shofar?
Bonus: A sermon tip to be derived from the latter law.
Text source: <a href="https://www.chabadnp.com/library/article_cdo/aid/3376117" rel="noopener noreferrer">Laws of Rosh Hashanah, Shulchan Aruch of the Alter Rebbe #586</a>

The Shofar at the Top of the Tree or Across the River

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